- energetically; vigorously
- to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm
- unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
- to stand in great numbers
- (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
- municipal administration
- to form a complete set; compatible; matching; complementary
- outer suburbs; remote outskirts of a city
- down payment
- cry piteously for food
- a general or admiral
- the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
- acquaintance; friend
- 席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi
- out of the ordinary; exceedingly (good)
- technical ability; skill
- to describe; to depict; to portray
- to pay a sum of money; payment
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
- real combat; actual combat
- to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable; worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective
- on-site
- to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner
- to frown; to knit one's brow
- to take possession of; to get hold of
- almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- to duplicate; to make a copy of; to copy; to reproduce; to clone
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages
- double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
- 利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li
- systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- industrial zone
- residential area; housing development
- notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils